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Definition of embryonic
1 : of or relating to an embryo
2 : being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary an embryonic plan
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Examples of embryonic in a Sentence
The tourism industry there is still in an embryonic stage.
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These seemingly unconnected abnormalities might have a single cause, the researchers suggest, if the cells that spawn these different parts of the body during embryonic development carry the same specialized ribosomes.
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Trays of human embryonic stem cells at the University of Michigan Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich., are shown in this 2008 file photo.
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And scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles report promising results from transplanting stem cells from embryonic cells into patients who had been blind for decades from AMD and another disease.
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One theory is that the cuttlefish observed crustaceans and learned this behavior during their embryonic stage, Nakajima said.
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And scientists at the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles report promising results from transplanting stem cells from embryonic cells into patients who had been blind for decades from AMD and another disease.
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In the US, they have been mired in controversy because much of the early research and discussion has been centered around embryonic and fetal stem cells.
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Related: Court Rules Controversial Stem Cell Research is Legal The embryonic stem cells at issue are the body's master cells.
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Federal law prohibits the use of federal funds to destroy a human embryo but former president Barack Obama explicitly encouraged the NIH in 2009 to make use of human embryonic stem cells made in private labs.
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First Known Use of embryonic
1740
Other Embryology Terms
EMBRYONIC Defined for English Language Learners
embryonic
playDefinition of embryonic for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to an embryo
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: in an early or undeveloped stage
Medical Dictionary
embryonic
playMedical Definition of embryonic
1: of or relating to an embryo
2: being in an early stage of development : incipient, rudimentary
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